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Nader75 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

I have two questions

I have to question

-1- I make a damage for someone and I want to appologise to him by said I'm sorry for the thing that I did for you

so I said : Im sorry for that or for this .is this true

2- which one is correct :

I have been used it before ....or...I have used it before
  

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2. I have been using it before (present perfect continuous) I have used it before are both correct, but have slightly different meanings (see continuous tenses).

— Marius Hancu

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  • I have been using it before (present perfect continuous) I have used it before are both correct, but have slightly different meanings (see continuous tenses).
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I have been using it before (present perfect continuous)
I have used it before

are both correct, but have slightly different meanings (see continuous tenses).
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Nader75so I said : Im sorry for that or for this .is this true

To be very pedantic, "that" is always a better choice, thought both are possible.

"That" refers to a more distant moment of the past, and "this" implies a more recent one. For example, if you hurt someone a few seconds ago, you can say either "sorry for that" or "sor
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Yes, sorry for this relates to recent, or just discussed, events:


The Cricket on the Hearth by Dickens, Charles - Chapter 2
'I am sorry for this. I am indeed. I have been afraid of it. I have suspecte
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To apologize you only need to say "I'm sorry".
You can also say "I'm sorry about that" or "I'm sorry that I did that".
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I have used it before is what you want.

have been used goes in the reverse direction:

These tools have been used. (Someone has used the tools.) That is why they are dirty.

CJ
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